These Shells Don't Clam Up: Innovative Technique To Record Human Impact On Coastal Waters

Tuesday, December 2, 2008 - 16:35 in Paleontology & Archaeology

Using stable isotope techniques, scientists have demonstrated it is possible to identify and trace wastewater inputs to estuaries and coastal food webs by studying the organic matrix in the shell of the hard clam Mercenaria mercenaria.

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